Caster



(N9 Model.)

W. ZIMMER.

GASTER. Patented Mar. 25, 1884.

provement in Casters NlTED STATES WILLIAM ZIMMER, OF BELLAIRE, OHIO.

CASTER-' $PECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,850, dated March 25, 1884. i l 7 Application filed November 3, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be itknown that I, WILLIAM ZIMMER, of Bellaire, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful 'Imor Oruet-Stands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon.

U Myinvention relates to an improvement in casters or cruet-stands, and particularly to that class which are enware. y The object'of my invention in general is to produce a caster or cruet-stand of the simplest and cheapest character, and at the same time one that shall be neat in appearance and most convenient for use at the table. \Vith respect to these objects it is found essential, first, to

make the cruet-support of such a shape and so arrange its sockets or receptacles as to enable it with its foot or feet to be pressed complete in one mold; second, to provide it with cruet sockets or receptacles so arranged as to accommodate cruets with handles; and, third, to provide it with cruets so arranged that the contents of each are visible from opposite sides of the table, and any particular cruet may be reached and removed without turning the caster.

To attain these results and enable the cruetsupport, its sockets or receptacles, and foot or feet to be pressed complete in one mold, the invention consists in making the cruetsupport of a rectangular shape, or nearly so, and providing it with two or more cruet sockets or receptacles arranged in the same line adjacent to one another, and one ormore upon each side of the bail, which is detachable and is centrally applied to the sides of the cruetsupport, said support being adapted to receive the bail and to hold it in a vertical rigid position, all as more fully hereinafter described.

For the better comprehension and understanding of my invention, and to enable those skilled in the art to know how to properly construct the same, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, represents a view in perspective of the caster or cruet-stand without the cruets; and Fig. 2, a similar view of a modified form made of glass or earthof the caster or cruet-stand, including the I cruets, one of which is represented with handles arranged upon two of its sides at points diametrically opposite; and Fig. 3 is a partial detail, showing how the bail is secured ina vertical position.

A represents the cruet-support, made of glass or earthenware, and preferably rectangular in form, or nearly so. This portion A of the caster is supported, as shown in Fig. 1, by four feet or legs, a to ad, arranged two upon each side at as shown in Fig. 2, this support may be supported by two feet or legs, a a, arranged one upon each side of the center thereof, at points diametrically opposite.

points equidistant apart,- or, i

It will be understood that whatever the form or arrangement of the feet may be, they are, with the cruet-support, to be pressed complete in one mold.

. The cruet-support A is provided with four sockets or receptacles, b b b b, which are arranged in the same straight line and adjacent to one another. This arrangement of the receptacles adapts them to receive cruets with or without handles,-as shown in Fig. 2, while with casters having these receptacles. arranged in a circle or in a manner that will bunch the cruets, as is common with the casters now in use, it is impossible to use cruets with hanspace for their accommodation.

B represents a spring-metal bail, whose ends are sprung into recesses or ears 0 0, formed one upon. each side of the support A, and centrally at opposite points, in order that the bail may not interfere with the removal of any of the cruets, which are to be arranged one or more upon each side thereof. This bail, when applied to the caster, is held and maintained in a vertical rigid position by means of notches (Z d, formed upon the edge of a flange, e, which extends around the cruet-support A, and projects outwardly from the top thereof, as shown in Fig. 1. Instead of this flange extending entirely around the cruet-support, an economi-- cal and equally an efficient substitute may be found in the projection 6 shown in Fig. 2; but for symmetry and neatness I prefer the flange shown in Fig. 1.

dles, for the reason that there is insufficient The several parts of this caster may beornamented and made of a configuration most attractive to the eye, and it will also be apparent that the same may be made of metal.

It will be understood that in casters of square or annular form, having the eruet-receptacles arranged other than in the same straight line, the inlet to the mold is too small to receive a sufficient amount of molten glass to form completely at one pressure and in the same mold the cruet-support and its foot or feet, and thus it is that these elements have heretofore been pressed in separate molds and afterward joined in well-known Ways.

By making this caster or cruet-stand rectangular in form, or nearly so, and arranging the cruet-receptacles in the same straight line, an inlet results for the molten glass of a size about equal to the longitudinal and transverse diameter of the article to be produced, and therefore the capacity of this inlet is sufficient to enable the crnetsupport and its foot or feet to be pressed complete in the same mold.

I do not desire to claim the bail to my caster, broadly, but confine myself to its particular combination and arrangement in my caster.

set forth some of its advantages, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A glass or earthenware caster having two or more cruet-receptacles sunk into its base in the same straight line, and with support ing-feet, and all pressed complete in the same mold, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a glass or earthen- Ware caster having two or more eruet-receptacles sunk into its base in the same straight line, and supporting-feet, all pressed in the same mold, of a detachable handle sprung into opposite recesses in the lower part of the base, and retained in a vertical position by notches at the top of the base, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM ZIMMER.

i \Vitnesses:

Wan HERBERT SMITH, JNo. G. SoHRoEDER.

Having thus described my invention, and 

